Caligula- Bronze


GR.111.1937 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 69420 Caligula bronze- (Educational use only) Fitzwilliam Museum- see plates 25-27 in D. Boschung's Die Bildnisse for similiar portraits? The head has been identified as that of Caligula since it entered the Musuem in 1937, and doubtless earlier too. It was published as such by B Schneider, in Studien zu den kleinformartigen Kaiserportrats (Munich 1976) 44. 


Caligula?- Vatican


Caligula bronze- (Educational use only)



Caligula- Virginia Art Museum (public domain)
http://www.jmu.edu/writeon/documents/2006/Feaganes.pdf  Article on Statue.



Note:  Break along Virginia Statue Neck?

Caligula- J. Paul Getty museum (educational use only)

Caligula- Capitoline Museum Rome  (educational use only)


Caligula-Copenhagen, Ny Glyyptotek 637 (guideline used for photos)

In August 1963, during excavation work for the construction of a mill, a large number of fragments from a bronze statue were discovered. The excellent quality of the portrait made it possible to identify it as a statue of Germanicus. The particular circumstances of the discovery and the damage caused by the excavating machine, which scattered a large number of bronze fragments, made it extremely difficult to study and interpret the history of the work. The long and very delicate job of recomposing and assembling the statue succeeded nonetheless in restoring the monument’s striking visual impact.
The statue is currently on loan at the Archeological Museum of Amelia (Terni).
The weight of the figure is on the right leg, with the left leg slightly bent at the knee. He wears leather sandals, held by strips wound around his ankles and tied in a knot, with the ends hanging down on his feet. He is clad in a sleeved tunic of light linen, visible at the shoulders and upper arms and covering the legs with vertical folds; above the tunic is an anatomic-style cuirass with shoulder pieces, decorated in relief on both the breast and the back. Below the line marking the anatomical bottom of the cuirass there is a double series of pteryges; the upper ones are rounded and decorated with alternating lion heads and satyr heads in relief, while the lower ones are elongated, partially overlapping and decorated with palmettes done in damascene. The head of the figure is turned slightly to the right, in the direction of the right arm raised in an adlocutio gesture. The left arm is bent at the elbow, with the left hand holding a lance and the folds of a cloak, which falls from the shoulder over the forearm.

A sheathed sword hangs from a baldric on the left, under the figure’s arm. The beautiful, ornate, symbolic decoration on the cuirass is particularly worthy of note. The back, which unfortunately is quite ruined, shows two female figures in short dress flanking a candelabrum.

The decoration on the front of the curaiss is superb. Portrayed in relief under the neck is Scylla, her right arm raised in the act of hurling a boulder; her bust rises between dog protomas girding her hips, while one of the coils reaches toward the right shoulder; below, waves are rendered in damascene. The central scene is flanked by two winged victories flying toward the center, and decorated below by plant motifs. At the center is the scene of Achilles’ ambush of Troilus. Achilles is naked and depicted frontally, with his head covered by a crested Attic helmet and turned toward the left. He holds a round shield with his left hand, while his chlamys (short mantle) hangs from his shoulder, visible in part in front of the shield and in part in the background. With his right hand he seizes the young Troilus by the hair, in the attempt to pull him from his horse. Troilus, also nude, except for his high sandals and a chlamys clasped around his neck and spread against the background, straddles his steed, which rears up on its hind legs. Troilus raises his arms in vain, trying to free himself from Achilles’ powerful grip.


Germanicus with Bronze Dupondius in backround (Dupondius struck under Caligula) Geocity

Livia (wife of Augustus) public domain photo

 
Nero-(public domain photo)

153806. SPAIN, Italica. Tiberius. 14-37 AD. Æ 28mm (14.45 gm).    (cng.com)
SPAIN, Italica. Tiberius. 14-37 AD. Æ 28mm (14.45 gm). TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS PON MAX IMP, bare head right / MVNIC ITALIC PERM DIVI AVG, altar inscribed PROVIDENTIAE AVGVSTI. RPC I 65; Vives 168/9; Chaves 115-263; GMI 1049-1051. Near EF, wonderful portrait, brown, mottled red-brown and green-brown patina. 750395. LYDIA, Hypaepa. Nero & Statilia Messalina. 54-68 AD. Æ 25mm (13.59 gm, 12h). Struck 66-68 AD. G. Julius Hegesippos, magistrate.  (Classical numismatic Group)     LYDIA, Hypaepa. Nero & Statilia Messalina. 54-68 AD. Æ 25mm (13.59 gm, 12h). Struck 66-68 AD. G. Julius Hegesippos, magistrate. N[ERWN] above, [MECCALEINA] below, diademed and draped bust of Statilia Messalina right and laureate head of Nero left, vis- à-vis / VPAIPH HGHSIPP/OS, veiled cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing, extending both hands. RPC I 2544; BMC Lydia pg. 111, 21 var. (reverse legend); SNG Copenhagen 191 var. (same); SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, emerald green patina, minor smoothing in obverse fields, minor roughness on reverse. Second known example with this reverse legend variety. 152061. ANTONIA, mother of Claudius. Augusta, 41 AD. Æ Dupondius (15.49 gm). Struck 42-54 AD. (Classical Numismatic Group)    ANTONIA, mother of Claudius. Augusta, 41 AD. Æ Dupondius (15.49 gm). Struck 42-54 AD. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing hair in long plait / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, S C across field, Claudius standing left, toga draped over head, holding simpulum. RIC I 104 (Claudius); von Kaenel 595 (V477/R544; same obverse die); BMCRE 213 (Claudius); Cohen 6. Nice VF, brown surfaces. 737218. AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.81 gm). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-4 AD. (cngcoins.com)     AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.81 gm). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-4 AD. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES in exergue, Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shield and spears between them; simpulum and lituus above. RIC I 206; BMCRE 515; Cohen 42. Near EF. Tessera circa 22-37, æ 5.42 g. Cuirassed bust seen from behind of Julio-Claudian young man, holding spear over l. shoulder. The whole within wreath. Rev. V within wreath. C volume VIII, Tiberius 11. Buttrey, NC 1973, 17 var. (XIII). 153889. AUGUSTUS. 27 BC - 14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.93 gm). Mint in Asia (Pergamum?). Struck 25-20 BC. (CNG)    AUGUSTUS. 27 BC - 14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.93 gm). Mint in Asia (Pergamum?). Struck 25-20 BC. IMP • CAESAR, bare head of Augustus right; lituus before / AVGV-STVS across fields, six grain ears bound together. RIC I 490; Sutherland Group III (unlisted dies); RPC I 2209; RSC 32a. Near EF, scratch on reverse 155564. NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 12.57 gm, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 65 AD. (CNG)    NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 12.57 gm, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 65 AD. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right; globe at point of bust / SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, S C across field; II in exergue, Securitas seated right on draped chair, leaning head on hand propped on chair back and holding sceptre; lighted and garlanded altar before with lighted torch leaning against it. RIC I 406; WCN 505; BMCRE 339 var. (head left); Cohen 321. Good VF, mottled green, brown, and red patina with traces of black 155505. NERO. 54-68 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 65-66 AD. (cngcoins.com)    NERO. 54-68 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 65-66 AD. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / VESTA above, hexastyle temple with four steps; Vesta seated within facing, head left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC I 62; WCN 61; BMCRE 104; RSC 335. Good VF, lightly toned. Caligula (middle) and his family(from Gortyn, Crete); first century CE Heraklion, Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1998 (Photo courtesy VROMA.org) Caligula and  Augustus  (CNG COINS) Volterra, Guarnacci Etruscan Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990 Caligula;(Photo courtesy vroma.org) first century CE, Claudius London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986, 2001 (photo courtesy vroma.org)  Nero insecula.com (educational use only) Claudius  Profile Insecula.com (educational use) Claudius- insecula.com (educational use) Germanicus- insecula.com (educatioanl use)